Chase



Febg, w3@ G, H, HIGGINS' y www l CHASE Filed Feb. 2o, 1952 fil) Patented Feb. 25, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CHASE Gilbert H.

signor to R.

Higgins, Mountain Hoe & Co., Inc.,

Lakes, N. J., as- New York, N. Y.,

Application Februaryr 20, 1932, Serial No. 594,177

14 Claims.

This invention relates to printers chases, having for its principal object the provision of a novel chase that will obviate the necessity of having two separate chases or protecting the type when a matrix is to be made, the other thin for obtaining a proof.

Another object is to provide a combination chase suitable for preparing a matrix, from type forms secured therein, and then convertible to a chase adapted for obtaining a proof from the same type forms.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a chase of generally improved construction, whereby the device will be simple, durable and inexpensive in construction, as well as convenient,

practical, serviceable and efficient in its use.

In the printing art it is customary to provide a chase for holding printing forms from which stereotype matrices are prepared, with a thicker frame than the frame of the chase employed directly for printing. This is necessary by reason of the fact that when the matrix is rolled or pressed into the type, it is necessary to support the type close to the upper surface of the chase in the normal horizontal position shown in Figure 2, in order to prevent battering down the type that is adjacent to the sides and edges of the form. While the thick chases protect the type when a matrix is to be made, they cannot be used for printing as the chase itself would be inked simultaneously with the type and print a black border around the page or matter printed on. It is common practice to place the form in the thick chase to make a matrix and then to transfer it to a thin chase for obtaining a proof. The present invention is designed and adapted to eliminate this transfer operation as the base portion holds the form for the printing operation, while means forming one of the features of the present invention are placed on top of the base portion when the matrix is to be made.

Other objects and advantages will appear hereinafter and will be best understood when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view, with parts broken away, of an embodiment of my invention as it appears in position for preparing a matrix; T

Figure 2 is a sectional View, partly in elevation, taken on line 2 of Figure 1, showing type forms arranged within the frame.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same has been found in practice to forms, one thick for give satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of the instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

In the drawing, Ill designates a frame or base within which a quoin I I, a coacting side or locking bar I2, and a foot bar or stick I3 are slidably and adjustably mounted. The quoin II is formed or provided with coacting Wedge surfaces II' which coact with corresponding Wedge surfaces I2' on the side bar I2, whereby when the quoin I I is slid longitudinally by means of an adjusting screw I4 connected thereto and threadedly secured in the foot of the frame I0, the side or locking bar l2 will be moved laterally or inwardly into operative engagement with type bodies or forms I5 in the frame or moved outwardly to unclampthe said type bodies.

The foot bar I3 is provided with a plurality of pockets I6, receiving the stems of adjusting screws I1 threadedly engaged in the lower portion of the frame, and is slidably mounted within the frame I0. Each of the adjusting screws I1 is freely rotatable within a pocket I6 and is confined therein by a screw I8, fastened in the bottom of bar I3, the end of said screw I8 being seated in an annular groove I9 formed on the Stem of the adjusting screw I1. The foot bar I3, as will be observed, is of a length suitable for permitting the lateral or inward movement of the side bar I2 when engaging type forms.

As an important feature of the present invention, a plate, cover or cap member 2l is detachably secured to the frame I0 in any suitable manner as by dowel pins 22 fastened to the plate 2I and received in sockets 22 provided in the frame I0. The inner margin of the cover member 2l is formed with an undercut portion or groove 2| adapted to receive the bolster or marginal projection of a matrix and a registering tongue or projection 23 on a plate or cover member 24 detachably fastened to the foot bar I5 by dowel pins 25 secured to the last mentioned plate 24 and also received in sockets 25 in the foot bar I3, or in any other suitable manner. The plate 24 on the foot bar I3 is also formed with an undercut portion or groove 24' also adapted to receive the bolster or marginal projection of a matrix, and has its upper surface flush with the top of the plate or cover member 2| mounted on the frame Ill.

It will now be understood that when the cover forms adjustably secured plate 2i and plate 24 on the foot bar I3 are in place, a matrix 26 can be rolled over or engaged with the type forms I5 in the manner shown. When it is desired to make a proof, both of the plates 2i and 24 on the frame and foot bar respectively are removed by lifting same, thereby disengaging the dowel pins 22 and 25 from their respective sockets 22 and 25. 'I'he type. forms I5 in the chase may now be inked for the customary proof.

It Will thus be seen that by means of the present invention one instrumentality or chase may conveniently serve two purposes hitherto requiring two separate chases.

I am aware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms Without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the kind described, the oombination of a frame adapted to receive type forms, means adjustably secured to said frame'and operatively engageable with type forms arranged therein, and other means simultaneously coacting With the frame and first mentioned means when applied to the upper surfaces thereof for adapting the device to serve for preparing matrices.

2. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, a quoin, side and foot bars adjustably secured to said frame, and means detachably securable to said frame and foot bar for adapting the device to prepare matrices When fastened to the frame, and permitting same when the means are removed, to prepare proofs.

3. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, a plurality of means adjustably secured to the frame for operatively engaging type bodies securable in the said frame, and members optionally engageable with said frame and one of said means for converting same from a thick chase to aA thin chase.

4. In a chase of the kind described, the combination of a frame, members for engaging type within the frame, and means detachably securable to said frame and one of said members for increasing the thickness of same sumciently to make matrices and then to make a proof when removed from the frame.

5. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, means mounted in said frame and adjustable by members rotatably secured thereto, for engaging type forms, and other means for adapting said frame and means to serve alternately as a thick chase for preparing matrices and as a thin chase for making proofs.

6. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, a quoin, side and foot bars secured to said frame, and means simultaneously coacting directly with the frame and foot bar when applied thereto for rendering said device operative for preparing matrices and for preparing proofs when removed'therefrom.

7. In a device of the character described, the combination of a frame, a quoin, side and foot bars, means for adjustably arranging said quo-in and bars, and means detachably securable to the frame and at least one of said bars for converting said device from a chase suitable for receiving and preparing a matrix to a chase suitable for making a proof from type forms securable within the frame.

8. A device of the kind described, comprising the combination of a frame, a quoin adjustably mounted in said frame and coactingly engaged with a side bar, mounted in said frame, a foot bar secured Within the frame and vadjustable therein by means connected thereto and threadedly engaged in the frame, and cover members detachably mountable on said frame and foot bar for adapting the device to prepare, in combination with type forms securable in the frame, a matrix, and to prepare, when the said cover members are removed, a proof.

9. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, members for engaging type forms adjustably secured within the frame for accommodating forms of diierent sizes, and means detachably securable on marginal portions of said frame and on one of said members in superposed relation thereto for increasing the eifecti've thickness of same sufficiently to make matrices and then to make a proof when removed from the frame.

10. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, members for engaging type forms adjustably secured Within the frame for accommodating forms of different sizes, means securable to said frame and one of said members for increasing the eiective thickness of same, when applied thereto, suilici'ently to make matrices, and then to make a proof when removed from the frame, and other means for aligning the first-mentioned means with the frame and the last-mentioned one of said members.

1l. In a device of the kind described, the combination of a frame, movable members for engaging type forms adjustably secured within the frame, means detachably securable to said frame and one of said members in superposed relation thereto for increasing the thickness of same sufficiently to make matrices when applied thereto, and then for decreasing the thickness suniciently to make a proof when removed from the frame, and other means including dowel pins for aligning the rst-mentioned means in correct register with the frame and the last-mentioned one of said members.

12. In a printers chase, a frame, an adjustable form engaging member adapted to hold the printi ing form for making a proof, means adapting the chase for use in making a matrix, including means for increasing the effective height of the frame; and means for increasing the eiTective height of the adjustable member.

13. In a printers chase, a frame, an adjustable form engaging member adapted to hold the printing form for making a proof, means adapting the chase for use in making a matrix, including means for increasing the eifective height or" the frame, and means for increasing the eiective height of the adjustable member, said means for increasing the effective height of the frame and of the adjustable member being provided with means for aligning them with the frame and the member respectively.

14. In a printers chase, a frame adapted to hold a printing form for making a proof, means separably secured to the frame for increasing the effective height of same for making a matrix, and other means for adapting the frame to operatively retain the first mentioned means thereL on when in use,

GILBERT H. HIGGINS. 

